Power Specifications; Power Consumption - Seagate ST3000VX000 Product Manual

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Power specifications

The drive receives DC power (+5V or +12V) through a native SATA power connector. Refer to
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Power consumption

Power requirements for the drives are listed in
average of drives tested, under nominal conditions, using 5.0V and 12.0V input voltage at 25°C ambient
temperature.
• Spinup power
Spinup power is measured from the time of power-on to the time that the drive spindle reaches operating speed.
• Read/write power and current
Read/write power is measured with the heads on track, based on a 16-sector write followed by a 32-ms delay,
then a 16-sector read followed by a 32-ms delay.
• Operating power and current
Operating power is measured by simulating a typical PVR operating environment, using a 50% write, 50% read
algorithm.
• Idle mode power
Idle mode power is measured with the drive up to speed, with servo electronics active and with the heads in a
random track location.
• Standby mode
During Standby mode, the drive accepts commands, but the drive is not spinning, and the servo and read/write
electronics are in power-down mode.
Table 2 DC power requirements (3-disk: 3TB and 2TB)
Power dissipation (3-disk values shown)
Spinup
Idle1* †
Operating
Standby
Sleep
* During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels.
† DIPLM Enabled
Table 3 DC power requirements (1-disk 1TB)
Power dissipation (1-disk values shown)
Spinup
Idle1* †
Operating
Standby
Sleep
* During periods of drive idle, some offline activity may occur according to the S.M.A.R.T. specification, which may increase acoustic and power to operational levels.
†DIPLM Enabled
Seagate SV35 Series HDD Product Manual, Rev. E
and . Typical power measurements are based on an
Table 2 Table 3
Avg (watts 25° C) Avg 5V typ amps
— —
5.40 0.190
8.00 0.510
0.75 0.136
0.75 0.136
Avg (watts 25° C) Avg 5V typ amps
— —
3.36 0.152
5.90 0.500
0.63 0.111
0.63 0.111
.
Figure 1 on page 15
Avg 12V typ amps
2.0 (peak)
0.377
0.462
0.005
0.005
Avg 12V typ amps
2.0 (peak)
0.216
0.329
0.006
0.006
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